2. Teaching aims To get the necessary information from the listening material. To talk about holiday plans. To improve listening skills.

3. Tasks for preview 1. Go through P34—35, and try to finish A1 and A3. 2.Talk about a place of interest that you have been to in China. time, activities, food, souvenirs, feelings, etc.

4. Talk about the places of interest you’ve ever been to in China. time, activities, food, souvenirs, feelings, etc. Task 1 Free talk

5. Task 2 Suggestions A foreigner will come to China for a holiday, but he doesn’t know where to go. Can you help him/ her ? Where should he go ? If he likes water sports,…. If he likes shopping,…. If he likes climbing,…. If he likes Chinese gardens,…. If he likes visiting a theme park,….

6. The Class 1,Grade 8 students are planning their trips to different parts of China. Task 3 Putting a tick in the correct boxes.

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8. How much information can you get ? Task 4 Listening Places to goThings to doSeason

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10. Places to visit in China Millie should go (1)____________in Lushan Mountain in(2) _________.There may be some rain but the weather is nice at that time. She can also go there in(3)__________. Daniel should travel to(4)___________.He can visit the theme parks there.One of the theme parks he can go to is(5)______________________. hiking spring autumn Shenzhen Window of the World Task 5

11. Simon loves water sports. This(6) ______, he can go(7)_________ and (8)_________ in (9)__________. Amy loves Chinese gardens very much, She can go to (10)_______.(11)______ is the best time for(12)______________________. Kitty can visit Shanghai in any season because she loves(13)____________. She can go to the(14)__________________ in Shanghai all year round. summer sailingswimming Qingdao Suzhou Spring visiting Chinese gardens shopping shopping centres

12. 1. Where will Amy go ? Task 6 Speak up 2. Why has Amy ’ s father gone to Singapore ? 3. What does Simon ’ s father think of Singapore ? 4.How long does Amy want to stay there ? Singapore. He has gone there for a meeting. It ’ s a nice and clean country. For five days.

13. May Day holiday is coming. What’s your holiday plan? Make up a dialogue. Task 7 Practice Useful expressions 1.Do you have any leaflets on … ? 2.I recommend a trip to … 3.How much is the … ? 4.What is the weather like? 5.Can you recommend any good hotels in … ? 6.How long does it take to fly to … ?

15. Hiking Lushan Mountain

16. Visiting Chinese gardens Suzhou

17. surfing/ sailing/ swimming/diving Qingdao

18. Visiting a theme park Window of the World in Shenzhen

19. shopping Shopping centres in Shanghai